A lifelong love of animals and biology is now a budding research opportunity for Mica Rivera ’21 of River Falls, Wisconsin. For two semesters, the psychobiology major has been working with Assistant Professor of Psychology Julia Meyers-Manor to research cognitive behavior in mammals, rats in particular. The rat lab opened in spring 2018 at Ripon […]
Mathematics is the foundation for the strong relationship between Mitra Kermani ’20 of Louisville, Colorado, and Andrea Young, associate professor of mathematical sciences and acting vice president and dean of faculty. In a predominantly male field, these two have bonded over being women in mathematics. “I met (Andrea Young) during my junior year of high […]
Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and former Vice President and Dean of Faculty David Seligman has published an essay, “The Catch and Release Conundrum,” in Hunting and the Ivory Tower: Essays by Scholars Who Hunt. The book was published this year by the University of South Carolina Press. It includes essays by 17 hunter-scholars who explore […]
Eddie Lowry, the Marie Zarwell Uihlein Chair in Classical Studies, gave a one-hour presentation on “Exclusus Amator: The Lover Shut Out” at the Latin sessions of the annual conference of the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT) in Appleton Nov. 2. The content of this Roman culture presentation supported the conference’s general foreign language […]
Sarah Mahler Kraaz, professor of music, College organist and the William Harley Barber Distinguished Professor, has edited the book Music and War in the United States, published by Routledge. The book is intended as a textbook for college courses and general readership. The 18 chapters were written by scholars in the United States and Canada […]
Rebecca Matzke, professor of history and associate dean for faculty development, had recent professional activities. She presented a paper, “Britain’s Great War Naval Propaganda: A Campaign to Create a ‘Special Relationship,’” at the Southern Conference on British Studies, Nov. 9, 2018, in Birmingham, Alabama. She also wrote a historical piece for the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper […]
A team of Ripon College faculty has received a National Science Foundation grant of $297,715 for the project “Building Capacity for Interdisciplinary Quantitative Reasoning Instruction.” The grant award, number DUE-1822414, is funded through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources solicitation. Principal investigators of the project are Andrea Young, special assistant to the […]
Lamont Colucci, associate professor of politics and government, has debuted a new column, “From the Heartland,” on the online news organization Newsmax Media. The first article, “The Troika of Tyranny Is the New Axis of Evil,” examines the impact of President George W. Bush’s 2002 State of the Union speech, wherein he coined the term […]
A mutual love of theatre has brought together a collaborative team in costuming. Visiting Professor of Theatre Susan McDaniel Hill and Heidi DeCaluwe ’20 of Jackson, Wisconsin, now work together in the basement costume shop every Tuesday. They are collaborating on costumes for the play “Paragon Springs,” which opens Nov. 28. DeCaluwe initially came to […]
The play “Paragon Springs” will be presented Nov. 28, 29, 30 and Dec. 1 at Ripon College. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The play, written by Steven Dietz, was commissioned by Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the […]
Emeritus Director Robert Amsden had a performance review in the September 2018 (Vol. 70, No. 3) issue of Theatre Journal, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. The review is of the American Players Theatre production of Jean Genet’s The Maids in Spring Green, Wisconsin, in July 2017.
The State of Politics at Ripon College, a roundtable event featuring speakers from the faculty and administration of Ripon College, members of the student body, and members of the Ripon community, will be held Nov. 7 at the College. The open discussion will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Heritage Room, S.N. Pickard Commons, on […]
Lamont Colucci, associate professor of politics and government, has had several recent published works with major news sources. A peer-reviewed, long academic essay published by Praeger Security International is a major work that took 11 months for research, writing, peer review, editing and finalization. In “Cyber Attacks Should Be Treated as an Act of War,” […]
“Bob the Builder: Can Nielson’s winning formula lift up USD?”, a story about University of South Dakota football coach Bob Nielson, was published Aug. 23, 2018, in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader newspaper. Nielson spent two years, from 1989-1991, at Ripon College as associate professor of physical education and head football coach. The article details […]
Associate Professor of Philosophy Paul Jeffries attended the 12th annual conference of the International Society of MacIntyrean Enquiry (ISME) held at St. John’s College at Durham University in Durham, England in July 2018. The four day conference focused on the work of Alasdair MacIntyre, one of the most distinguished moral philosophers of the late 20th […]
Martin Farrell, professor of politics and government emeritus, will give a talk Thursday, Oct. 18, at Mead Public Library in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Farrell will present “China and America: The New Geopolitical Equation” from 6:30-8 p.m.
The universe gets measured in “Silent Sky,” a play written by America’s most-produced playwright Laurie Gunderson, that will open Ripon College’s 2018-19 theatre season Oct. 10-13. All shows will begin at 7:30 p.m. The story is based on an actual 20th century astronomer, Henrietta Leavitt, who leaves her rural home and her loving and […]
Matthew Knoester, associate professor of educational studies, will travel to Delhi University in India in January 2019 on a Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship. He will work with faculty members and graduate students for two weeks in relation to a book he edited, “International Struggles for Critical Democratic Education.” The book includes a chapter by Dr. Latika Gupta, […]
Robert “Bob” L. Wallace, professor of biology and the Patricia and Philip McCullough 1969 Professor in Biology, had several recent publications, including some in Zookeys and Limnologica; and “Overview by Phylogeny: Rotifera” in M. K. Skinner’s Encyclopedia of Reproduction. He also participated in several presentations at the IX International Shallow Lakes Conference in Merida, Mexico, […]
Henrik Schatzinger, associate professor of politics and government, chair of the department, and co-director of the Center for Politics and the People, recently reviewed a textbook examining the relationship between the news media and politics. His endorsement is quoted on the back cover of the book New Directions in Media and Politics, published by Routledge. […]